Occupational safety and health issues are critical to every workplace and offices. Unfortunately, many businesses and companies realise the benefits of sound practices only after a tragic industrial accident. The lessons learnt from such oversight can be very costly to any business organisation. Unnecessary costs arising from loss of man hours, reputation and goodwill and legal costs can be avoided. As safety is commitment driven, top management should drive this message down to every employee to take reasonable and practical steps to ensure the occupational safety and health of every worker in their workplace. Following the 3 recent high-profile industrial accidents, the recent introduction of Workplace Safety and Health Act 2006 mandates all stakeholders to take required steps to reduce safety risk as part of their corporate function. Failure by companies and individuals to comply will result in undesirable exposure to legal prosecution, penalties and financial losses.
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